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Hostels
August 2023
Brief letters
Hoping Soft Machine are in for the long haul
Youth hostel sell-off is a blow to egalitarian ideals
July 2023
Youth hostels are a muddy, joyful miracle. Losing them to Brexit and the cost of living would be a tragedy
John Harris
‘The magical places’: readers on their youth hostel memories
June 2023
Cost of living crisis prompts YHA to sell off 20 of its 150 hostels
Share your memories of staying in YHA hostels in England and Wales
April 2023
Visitor tax will make it harder to afford a holiday
Letter:
Such a tax is regressive and will hit those on low incomes, say
Jill Hughes
and
Neil Martinson,
who run a hostel in Snowdonia
January 2023
10 of the best group trips for solo travellers
From wild camping in the Sahara and the Lakes to culinary adventures and tours of Europe, these holidays are also a fun way to meet new people
Interrail at 50
My life in budget holidays has been a priceless experience
From chance encounters to thrilling train rides, holidays on a shoestring have been some of my best
10 of the best ways to find bargain places to stay in the UK
From priories to Wetherspoon’s, Oxford colleges to seaside cottages, we share ideas for low-cost breaks around the country
August 2022
Walking Pendle Hill’s new trail: the Two Toms
Five of the best sustainable holidays across Europe
April 2022
Backpacker hostels may be cheap – but there’s so much else to love about them
Lamorna Ash
In these temporary communities, each new encounter with someone great and surprising feels like an incredible fluke, says author Lamorna Ash
February 2022
Guardian angel
‘She’s like a spinning wheel’: the mum supporting 200 other single mothers in her WhatsApp group
Queeny Singh transformed the lives of desperate mums at a homeless hostel in London. Now it’s her turn to be treated
October 2021
Asylum seekers in UK housed in converted hostel with prison cells
Experts say Home Office risks traumatising refugees by housing them in courthouse turned into hostel
July 2021
West Highlands on a budget: a hostel amid Scotland’s mountains and waterfalls
Snowdonia on a budget: a five-star hostel in the heart of the national park
Yorkshire Dales on a budget: my peaceful little Swaledale cave
South Downs on a budget: a youth hostel stay for great walks and pretty villages
April 2021
Why I long for the wilds of west Cornwall
Immersed in a Cornish fishing community for her first book, the writer plans a post-lockdown trip to the coast near St Just on the Penwith peninsula
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